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Feb 17

“You Say Tomato, I Say Genomics”: Genome Sequences for Two Wild Tomato Ancestors

By Isabel Agriculture, Fruits and Vegetables, News, Plant Science

Tomatoes are one of the most popular types of fresh produce consumed worldwide, as well as being an important ingredient in many manufactured foods. As with other cultivated crops, some potentially useful genes that were present in its South American…

Feb 09

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New heat method kills pathogens with minimal damage to plants

By Isabel Agriculture, Fruits and Vegetables, News, Plant Health

In the strawberry nursery industry, a nursery’s reputation relies on their ability to produce disease- and insect-free plants. The best way to produce clean plants is to start with clean planting stock. Many nurseries struggle with angular leaf spot of…

Feb 02

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Proper Geometry of Leaflets is Important for Their Movement in Legumes

By Isabel Agriculture, CSPB, Fruits and Vegetables, News, Plant Science

Most legume species have compound leaves with multiple joined units termed leaflets, and the geometry of leaflets (the spatial structure and organization of leaflets) largely determines the compound leaf shape, which has been broadly recognized in model compound-leafed species.

Jan 29

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The regulatory network of sugar and organic acid in watermelon fruit is revealed

By Isabel Agriculture, Fruits and Vegetables, News, Plant Science

The sensory quality of watermelon fruit is determined by the content of sugar and organic acid, which determines the taste of watermelon during the development and maturation of watermelon fruit. The changes of sugar and organic acid during the watermelon…

Jan 13

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What makes peppers blush

By Isabel Agriculture, Fruits and Vegetables, News, Plant Science

Bright red, tasty and healthy, that’s how we know and love bell peppers. A research team has deciphered in detail at the protein level what makes them turn red as they ripen. At the heart of the project are the…

Dec 16

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Tweaking carotenoid genes helps tomatoes bring their a-game

By Isabel Agriculture, Fruits and Vegetables, News, Plant Science

The popularity of tomatoes has led to the development of more than 10,000 cultivars of various sizes, shapes, and hues. Interestingly though, there is little genetic diversity among modern tomato varieties. This lack of diversity, coupled with the fact that…

Nov 30

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Short-term moisture removal can eliminate downy mildew of spinach

By Isabel Agriculture, Fruits and Vegetables, News, Plant Health

Downy mildew is the biggest threat to spinach production around the world. While the pathogen has a short life cycle (approximately a week), it can produce millions of spores during the spinach growing season. Overhead sprinkler irrigation systems and dew…

Oct 30

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Identified a new synthetic antimicrobial peptide aptamer targeting the causal agent of grapevine downy mildew

By Isabel Agriculture, Blog, ECRi, Fruits and Vegetables, Plant Health, Post

Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) is a crop of great economic and agricultural value throughout the world. In 2019, the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) reported that over 7 million hectares are dedicated to the cultivation of this crop,…

Oct 19

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Researchers find new way to protect plants from fungal infection

By Isabel Agriculture, Fruits and Vegetables, Plant Health, Plant Science

Widespread fungal disease in plants can be controlled with a commercially available chemical that has been primarily used in medicine until now. In a comprehensive experiment the team has uncovered a new metabolic pathway that can be disrupted with this…

Sep 04

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How Plants Shut the Door on Infection

By Isabel Agriculture, Fruits and Vegetables, News, Plant Health

Plants have a unique ability to safeguard themselves against pathogens by closing their pores—but until now, no one knew quite how they did it. Scientists have known that a flood of calcium into the cells surrounding the pores triggers them…

Fruits and Vegetables

“You Say Tomato, I Say Genomics”: Genome Sequences for Two Wild Tomato Ancestors

New heat method kills pathogens with minimal damage to plants

Proper Geometry of Leaflets is Important for Their Movement in Legumes

The regulatory network of sugar and organic acid in watermelon fruit is revealed

What makes peppers blush

Tweaking carotenoid genes helps tomatoes bring their a-game

Short-term moisture removal can eliminate downy mildew of spinach

Identified a new synthetic antimicrobial peptide aptamer targeting the causal agent of grapevine downy mildew

Researchers find new way to protect plants from fungal infection

How Plants Shut the Door on Infection

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